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Franco and Amina Belgiorno-Nettis, 1991 (printed 2011)
Gary Ede
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2011
Amina Belgiorno-Nettis
Biography
Amina Belgiorno-Nettis (née Cerino-Zegna) (d. 2015), the daughter of a prosperous northern Italian family, met Franco Belgiorno-Nettis AC CBE (1915-2006) at a dance.
1 portrait in the collection
Franco Belgiorno-Nettis AC CBE
Biography
Franco Belgiorno-Nettis AC CBE (1915-2006), industrialist, engineer and patron of the arts, attended the Turin Military Academy and served in the Italian army in North Africa during World War II.
1 portrait in the collection
Greg Lindsay, 2002
Salvatore Zofrea OAM
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Marco Belgiorno-Zegna AM 2002
Intimate Portraits
Previous exhibition, 2002
Intimate Portraits is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints that explore the less public side of portraiture
Ross Watson
Biography
Ross Watson specialises in interpolating representations of lithe semi-naked men into copies of paintings by masters such as Vermeer, Ter Borsch, David and Bronzino.
2 portraits in the collection
Untitled #21/09 (after Ricci, 1700; featuring Matthew Mitcham), 2009
Ross Watson
Portrait, oil on board
Gift of the artist 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Insightful
Magazine article by Robert McFarlane, 2004
Henri-Cartier-Bresson invented the grammar for photographing life in the 20th century.
Portrait Donors
Listed by year
Honour board
Hereinbefore
Magazine article by Alistair McGhie, 2013
Alistair McGhie talks with Laura Moore about her winning digital self portrait.
Tejal Shah
by Gitanjali Dang
Artist essays
Born in 1979, Tejal Shah grew up in Chhattisgarh, central India, moving to Bombay in 1995.